This thread is basically saying that the developer should not be in charge of making games and that the people buying these expansions should be the one's who decide which race should be in the game. At least that's what I get from this. I just don't understand why people continue to hate the Pandaren's so much. If they were in a game before WoW as a playable race why are people whining so much about it. Just because it was an easter egg/joke in WoW doesn't mean they don't deserve to have their own story. What about Gnomes? Nobody says anything about them. As much as I like Gnomes if there were any race in WoW that doesn't fit it would be them. Tiny midgets dual wielding 2h battle axes I guess that fits in WoW more than Pandarens right?

It does fit, and it seems blizzard is shooting for another unique exotic culture/feel like they did with BC with blood elves, draenei and outland. Didn't quite work out though.

At this point I don't think there is much time left for blizzard to do many magical things with wow, the game is amazing enough to sustain itself but that is it. Maybe their next big MMO will finally have some magic again, maybe they are happy just milking their zombie costumers. Who knows.

People will continue to say that they are a part of the lore, they were in WC3 and so on...

They were originally introduced as an april fools because they are fucking PANDAS. Yes, it's funny for 1 week but in the long run I want the true warcraft. And pandas have no place in it.

- introduce pandaren as an april fools joke
- get feedback from people, lots of people like them
- tell them it was only a joke
- people are upset because they liked them
- continue to develop lore and art for the Pandaren
- put a Pandaren hero into the WC3 addon
- drop little hints about the Pandaren in WoW
- people continue to like them
- people ask for them to be added into WoW
- try to implement them into the game
- people keep asking for playable pandaren and brewmaster
- finally make a whole expansion based on pandaren
- people complain about pandas

People fear what they dont understand, and since being afraid of something is considered weak, they hate it instead to make themselves feel better about not understanding it.

Its a very neanderthal way of living your life, basic and doesnt involve much thought.

Each to their own, let them hate. As long as there are people that seek knowledge and understanding the human race will not devolve into Troglodytes.

For future ref alot of our current evidence suggests that neanderthals were actually quite intelligent maybe even moreso than our direct ancestors who they are now known to have interbred with.

Other than my little lesson i LOVE Pandaren was rven going to quit till they announced em. My main is now a Pandaren Brewmaster named Sakurazaki.

I also love the asian themes as well as how it feels like old wow mixed with some of their better changes.

---------- Post added 2012-10-06 at 11:15 PM ----------

Originally Posted by AbalDarkwind

It works both ways which seems to be the point you are ignoring. Without us, those "gods and demigods" would have lost. To use an NPC example, Thrall is a mortal, and without him, no one would have been able to wield the Dragon Soul. Tirion was also a mortal, and without him, no one could have wielded a purified Ashbringer. And now, as we square off against our own negative emotions made manifest through the Sha, Wrathion will equip us with Legendary weapons of our own.

As for your Lord of the Rings example, the final book is all about how necessary it is for Men to unite under the King in order to defeat Sauron. And, more importantly, without Frodo, the Ring would never have been destroyed. You are glorifying one side of the coin without acknowledging the importance of the other side.

You just gave me a badass thought. Imagine if we got a legendary or artifact(the legendary red color if i recall right) that we got to name and maybe stat adjust within limits of course. We could choose weapon(or two if dual wielders) but maybe only one per toon if not account(as in game account not battle.net account) and so we'd have it on just our main.

Might be a cool touch for the Sargeras expansion actually. We could have it hand made by the titans for the purpose if slaying Sargeras.